17:05, 14 April 2013 Sunday
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OIC head urges UN to protect Myanmar’s Muslims
Ihsanoglu called for international action to stop violence on ethnic Rohingya.
World Bulletin / News Desk
Head of the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation on Sunday appealed to the UN Security Council to intervene
to protect Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims from ethnic violence.
“Security Council must protect rights and
lives of Rohingya Muslims,” Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu told a foreign
ministers’ meeting of member countries in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The meeting brings together top diplomats
of Turkey, Afghanistan, UAE, Brunei,
Djibouti, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Egypt, Senegal and Saudi Arabia who will discuss violent attacks
including torchings, ambushes and deadly assaults in Rakhine state.
Ihsanoglu also warned against a regional escalation of tensions.
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